Common sense of safety in the use of electrical outlets (power converters)
1. Avoid plugging and unplugging with wet hands
Plugging or unplugging a plug with water on your hands can lead to electric shock because water is a conductor.
2、Prohibit hand pinching the power cord to pull the plug
Older people are very careful when plugging and unplugging to prevent electric shock. When unplugging the power cord without pinching the plug, the use of yanking the power cord, yanking the power cord, the number of times, will be the power cord and the plug connected to the part of the yank broken, resulting in electrical appliances can not be normal power supply. The broken part is prone to short-circuit and leakage, which may cause fire and electric shock. Therefore, it is prohibited to unplug the power cord by pinching it with your hand.
3, found that the socket plug abnormal timely replacement
When the socket is found to be too hot or to be pulling an arc or firing, and the plug is not making good contact with the socket. When the plug is too loose or too tight. It should be promptly stopped and replaced.
4, to avoid the old socket overdue for service
The socket has been used for too long. More than its normal service life. Is a common problem in rural areas using sockets, especially in recent years, farmers working in the city to bring back from the city of the old socket, the use of the existence of many potential safety hazards. Socket has its own service life, at present China's rural families have a considerable part of the socket (including other power supply facilities) use too long, beyond its normal service life. Socket more than the service life, the internal connection of the copper parts aging, poor insulation shell. Use at any time may occur shell charged with poor contact phenomenon, to the user's personal safety and electrical safety injury. Therefore, consumers should have a "socket life" concept, so that the old socket retirement on time.